Boots Poffenberger

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 178lb (178cm, 80kg)

Born: July 1, 1915 in Williamsport, MD us

Died: September 1, 1999 in Williamsport, MD

Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Williamsport, MD

Debut: June 11, 1937 (Age 21-345d, 8,268th in major league history)
vs. BOS 6.2 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W

Last Game: May 21, 1939 (Age 23-324d)
vs. CIN 2.0 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: Cletus Elwood Poffenberger

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.5

ERA

4.75

267.1

WHIP

1.683

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-13 / in Starts: 10-6
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	24 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	No bases loaded PA
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 53 PAs	3
Actual Runners on Base	29 (16-10-3) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 53 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	35 (18-11-6)

Most Driven In
B Tebbetts	1
M Owen	1
F Clifton	0

Most Driven In By
C Gehringer	2
G Walker	1
J White	1
P Fox	0

1937 Batting Game Log

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1937 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	1	47 (46)	Jun 11	DET		BOS	W,6-5	3-GF	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.21	-0.098	4.50	-0.22%	-0.84	P
2	2	51 (3)	Jun 15	DET	@	WSH	W,9-8	9-GF(15)	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	2.20	0.106	8.07	0.23%	0.47	P
3	3	56 (4)	Jun 23	DET	@	BOS	L,5-6	1-9	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.444	.778	9	1.11	0.069	5.20	0.19%	0.57	P
4	4	60 (3)	Jun 27	DET	@	NYY	L,5-9	3-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.364	.364	.455	.818	9	1.53	0.041	8.43	0.14%	0.52	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	5	63 (2)	Jul 1	DET	@	CHW	L,8-15	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.417	.750	9	.74	-0.019	2.58	-0.04%	-0.19	P
6	6	66 (2)	Jul 5 (1)	DET		CHW	W,8-4	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.267	.267	.333	.600	9	.36	-0.043	1.29	-0.09%	-1.01	P
7	7	71 (4)	Jul 11	DET		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.278	.500	9	1.29	-0.105	3.46	-0.17%	-0.69	P
8	8	74 (2)	Jul 16	DET		NYY	W,14-7	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.250	.300	.550	9	1.00	-0.026	2.95	-0.05%	-0.43	P
9	9	77 (2)	Jul 19	DET		WSH	W,8-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.217	.217	.261	.478	9	.63	0.026	1.34	0.03%	-0.09	P
10	10	83 (5)	Jul 25	DET		PHA	W,12-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.217	.261	.478	9						P
11	11	86 (2)	Jul 29	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.240	.440	9	1.13	-0.064	4.85	-0.17%	-0.61	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	12	89 (2)	Aug 1 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,4-11	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.192	.192	.231	.423	9	.75	-0.021	1.17	-0.02%	-0.29	P
13	13	92 (2)	Aug 4	DET	@	PHA	W,11-7	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.259	.481	9	.85	0.030	.56	0.01%	0.62	P
14	14	97 (4)	Aug 8	DET	@	WSH	W,5-1	CG(5)	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.207	.207	.241	.448	9	.22	-0.012	.17	-0.01%	-0.24	P
15	15	103 (5)	Aug 14 (2)	DET		SLB	W,20-7	CG	5	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.242	.242	.303	.545	9	.10	0.021	.07	0.01%	0.11	P
16	16	109 (5)	Aug 21	DET	@	SLB	W,6-5	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.235	.294	.529	9	.54	-0.014	.17	0.00%	-0.19	P
17	17	111 (1)	Aug 22 (2)	DET	@	SLB	W,4-3	0-GF(10)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0				0	0	.229	.229	.286	.514	9						P
18	18	113 (1)	Aug 24 (2)	DET		PHA	L,8-9	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.229	.286	.514	9						P
19	19	117 (3)	Aug 28	DET		BOS	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.216	.270	.486	9	1.30	-0.065	.40	-0.01%	-0.60	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	20	122 (4)	Sep 2	DET		WSH	W,9-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.211	.263	.474	9	.75	-0.020	.11	0.00%	-0.20	P
21	21	123	Sep 3	DET		CHW	W,4-3	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.231	.231	.282	.513	9	.36	0.009	.09	0.00%	0.14	P
22	22	127 (3)	Sep 6 (2)	DET		SLB	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.209	.209	.256	.465	9	.74	-0.088	.08	-0.01%	-1.65	P
23	23	131 (3)	Sep 10	DET		CLE	L,5-6	GS-7	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.239	.304	.543	9	.81	0.036	.02	0.00%	0.25	P
24	24	136 (4)	Sep 15	DET	@	WSH	W,4-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.239	.304	.543	4						P
25	25	137	Sep 16	DET	@	WSH	L,6-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.239	.304	.543	9						P
26	26	139 (1)	Sep 18 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,4-5	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.239	.304	.543	9						P
27	27	142 (2)	Sep 21 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,7-12	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.229	.229	.292	.521	9	1.12	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
28	28	147 (4)	Sep 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,3-9	2-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.224	.224	.286	.510	9	.49	-0.013	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
29	29	154 (6)	Oct 2	DET		CLE	L,5-12	2-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.216	.275	.490	9	.46	-0.025	.00	0.00%	-0.56	P
							16-13		53	51	5	11	3	0	0	3	0	0	8	0	2		1		0	0	.216	.216	.275	.490		.87	-0.339	2.17	-0.16%	-5.70

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